"The data for the King Dragon update will remain in the game's code in hopes of future use, but can not be accessed."

----THE CAVE----

"Go away, Minx. I'm not dealing with you." Vicksan decided to leave... The boy in the mirror was gone."Say my name one more time... I like when you say it angry like that." She replied."Shut up.""Shut up, Minx." She corrected him. "Go on... Say it."

Vicksan kept walking away."Fine. I'm still getting that staff of yours." Minx walked off the edge of the cliff, allowing herself to fall to the bottom."hmm..." Vicksan paid her no mind.

Before Minx had hit the bottom, she was in Vicksan's face... Mere feet away."...!" Vicksan stumbled back and threw up his staff in defense.Minx's foot tapped the ground softly. "Never seen teleporting used in a fight?"Minx was suddenly gone again. Vicksan immediately turned around and lifted his staff. He only slightly saw her behind him before she was gone again.Vicksan was quick to turn back around in time to see Minx fire at him with a blue aura spell, getting him straight in the head.Vicksan flew back, grabbing his staff in order to catch himself. He flipped over the staff, landing on his feet.

"Oh cool You can use it to do back flips. Now I'm really taking it from you." She was intrigued further by the staff.Vicksan rubbed his forehead."So what's your level? You're hiding it from me cause you're scared I'll make fun of how little it is?" She smiled at herself.Vicksan forgot he was still wearing the ring Vox gave him. "Minx. I'm not warning you again. Go away.""But Vicky... I'm not leaving without my prize."

Minx was gone again. Vicksan looked around as visions of her and where she'd been flashed about him without order or reason. He had no clue where she'd be next.Suddenly, Vicksan was hit by a spell from his left, then her right. They hurt gravely, burning away at him."Ow... Crap..." Vicksan felt another spell from behind."This'll be fun, I see..." Minx finally stopped. "Those aren't even hurting you. I'll try harder." She smiled."What do you mean, not hurting me?""Those spells were only level 100." Minx got ready to go again.Vicksan turned and shot at her. The yellowish aura missed entirely, as she had disappeared before he had even turned around.

A suddenly blast of white hit Vicksan... Not an aura spell. It felt like glass shattering across his face. A debuffer. She was disabling his defenses. She kept firing from around him.-470 Spell Defense.-250 Physical Defense.-800 Mana.-350 Spell Defense.

With every attack, he felt himself weakening. If she disabled him enough, it'd take nothing for her to kill him.

Minx was right to underestimate Vicksan... He knew very little magic... He'd always been a builder and a sword fighter. What spells did he know past Level 10? He thought about it, as spells and debuffers slammed against him. He fell slowly to his knees, taking in hit after hit.... Whiteflame... His fight with Whiteflame, they were shielded by a spell he'd cast.

Vicksan slammed down his staff, and a shield flew up around him... A bright green aura spell hit it, and it fell apart."Well at least you tried something. I'd thought It'd be too easy killing you." Minx appeared inches from Vicksan's face. He was breathing heavily. "But a basic shield isn't that hard to break. I didn't even need to attack it. A negating spell did it for me. If you're gonna try, at least don't embarrass yourself with it." Minx laughed as she got up.

------------KROENGARD------------

"Bsh." A guard approached Bsh. Behind them where a number of guards escorting the bound YYW."The Battlemage." Bsh noted him. "From Midnight.""Yes sir. He appeared after the explosion at the gate, and appears to be carrying equipment to spy on us with.""A battlemage would be a good class to send, I suppose..." Bsh walked up to YYW. "Why? What is it Midnight needs to know about us."YYW didn't reply."I see... Put him into the dungeon until I can better speak to him. I'm too occupied.""Sir?" The guard asked as the others removed YYW from sight."I don't believe YYW caused the explosion." Bsh said."Why not?""Because battlemages can sneak in. Why cause an alert when you don't have to? The person behind the explosion would need to cause it..." Bsh thought about it...

----OUTSIDE KROENGARD----

Rev finally arrived to the city gates. He noted the fire to the far side of the walls. "I wounder what caused that..."He looked forward at the gate in front of him. Rev knocked only twice before the large door opened slightly."About time!" Whiteflame appeared behind the door.Rev was taken back by the sudden appearance. "Huh... Hello?""Quick. Come in." Whiteflame grabbed Rev and pulled him inside.

----CASTLE----

"Bsh." Whiteflame appeared."Whiteflame. I figured you left after what you said to Vicksan." Bsh wasn't amused with seeing him."I never leave. I just find more interesting ways to be places.""Rev." Bsh noted Rev's appearance."Why are you calling him Rev? His name's Parisyte..." Whiteflame looked back at Rev's username."What is it? Rev?" Bsh ignored him."I wanted to find Vicksan... Is he here?"Bsh sighed. "No. Vicksan left a half a day ago. I'm sorry, Rev. What did you need him for?""Well..." Rev begun...

...

After a few minutes of explaining his plans to bring back Paramix, Bsh thought it over a moment. "Well... I don't know...""Do you know, Whiteflame?" Rev looked at him."Why do you assume I know where Vicksan is?" Whiteflame asked.Bsh just stared at him."Okay. Fine, I know a lot of things, like how I knew Rev was coming... But I don't know where Vicksan is. He turned off his in-game GPS." Whiteflame sat back and enjoyed the drama."How'd you know I was coming?" Rev asked."Adam messaged me. Warem had told him to." Whiteflame explained."Oh... Well if Vicksan's GPS is off, then how can I find him?" Rev asked.

------------THE CAVE------------

"Minx. If you want to kill me, at least do it quickly and shut up." Vicksan stood back up."I don't think that's as fun though. Seeing you cry, that'll be fun." Minx jumped at Vicksan.Vicksan jumped back and shot a fire ball at her.Minx moved to the side faster than Vicksan could spot, "A fireball? What are you? Twelve?" Minx jabbed her staff at Vicksan, releasing an endless fire on him.Vicksan blocked with his staff with little avail. The staff, floating before him, pushed forward, splitting the fire further and further out, but it still burnt. Vicksan's hand held out, hoping to hold off the fire in time to think of a way out...

"Right." Vicksan remembered. Minx watched in interest.Vicksan suddenly brought back the staff, landing it in his hand. The fire followed, but Vicksan wasn't there."Oh come on... I was the teleporter. It's not as fun if you can too." Minx looked around for him.

Vicksan appeared from her side and swung at her. She parried his staff with hers, and spun it back around, knocking his away. As their staffs clashed, she used a flashing spell, blinding Vicksan.Minx kicked Vicksan back, but he grounded his feet quick, and teleported forward, behind Minx.

Minx threw around her staff, trying to collide with his shoulder. Vicksan bent back, twisting to his side and evading the hit. He cast a spray of random spells at her, unsuccessfully. Minx grounded her staff, and kicked herself up and over the staff, Vicksan, and his attacks.She turned her staff towards him, and forced him away with a strong wind spell.

"Come on. You're no good at this. You can't even use wards or debuffers. What kind of a mage are you?" Minx sighed. "And why are you using your spells so slowly? Your weapon has such a high cast rate."Vicksan kept his words silent and his mind focused on her.Minx's smirk returned. Her cherry red lips were a deep, dark color. Her hair blew across her face, casting shadows over her eyes.Vicksan stepped back and waited for Minx to move.

Minx jolted forward, disappearing from sight and reappearing behind Vicksan. Vicksan twisted around and parried a swing from Minx's staff. Minx swung the staff to his left, then to his right, but he parried left and right in turn.Seeing an opening, Vicksan jabbed his staff into her chest. She seemed only mildly hurt, but more scared of what he would do.

He sent forth a fiery blaze of magic straight into her. The fire threw her back against the cold stone floors of the cavern."Okay..." She coughed. "Not knowing your level is really starting to hurt.""I'm willing to spare you. Go." Vicksan requested."Right, yes... Mercy. Do I looked like you've won? I'm far stronger than you. It was fun playing, but now I think killing you will be funner." Minx stood up, and stretched her arms out."What are you doing?" Vicksan got ready, his staff lifting high above him."I'm playing with fire."

She threw forward her arms, her staff held in her Right hand. From around her arose black smoke, thick and vast. The smoke seemed to be on fire, the fire burning inside the smoldering smog."You ever see this spell?" Minx asked."No.." Vicksan could tell it's power was beyond him."Pandemonium. Or Hell Fire, if you're playing the European version." Minx let out a giggle. "This spell burns through the very game elements themselves. Normally, it's the most powerful of a Dragon's attack.""You know a lot about this game, don't you." Vicksan noted."Yes... I do know a lot about this game. For example, I know that the Hollowed speak backwards. Just an interesting thought to give you something to think about before you burn to death." Minx continued to laugh.

The fiery smog pushed forward. It scorched everything in it's place. Vicksan made an attempt to step back and retreat from the smoke, but it was too fast, and he was engulfed. From the edge of the cave, Minx stood with her arms out, the smoke bleeding forth, her laughing unending.

------------KROENGARD------------

'YYW.' Mekaiel PM'd him.'Mekaiel. You're not as smart as you think you are. They still know there is an invader. Bsh is smarter then you, I guess.''That's fine for now. How's the Dungeon?''Dungeon?' YYW replied. He was hidden in the walls of the castle, listening to Bsh, Whiteflame, and Rev speak from through the wooden wall.'Any causalities?' Mekaiel asked.'No. I have a shadow sitting in my cell in place of me. They won't know I'm gone. Rev is asking about Vicksan, so hold on a moment. I'll send back all the text in PMs."

"Rev. I'm sorry. I understand your need to find Vicksan, but we simply have no way of tracking him." Bsh replied to Rev."I know... I just... I need Paramix back..." Rev replied in turn."I know that Rev. I didn't say I'd stop helping you." Bsh seemed to understand to well to give up."I know I must sound pathetic..." Rev was clearly depressed."Not at all." Bsh replied. "Our friends mean the most to us." Bsh stopped speaking to think over his words... "They make us who we are. Without them, we're just people. With them, we are worthwhile. If you truly feel you could save him, and chose not to, you would be less than a person. Our friend's make us who we are, and with out them, what are we?" Bsh explained.

"... I... Feel that wasn't meant for me." Rev was curious.Bsh didn't reply. He just stared at a the empty throne where Vicksan was meant to sit."Bsh...?" Rev tried."Listen Rev. You're doing everything for your friend... That makes you more than a good friend, but a great person. If you could save your friends, but chose not to, than you've lost everything that makes you human." Bsh thought about it, speaking more to himself than to Rev."Bsh?" Whiteflame pondered his comments."Whiteflame. You were right to tell Vicksan. He should have known. The fact that I'd throw him away like that makes me sick. He cared about us, and would have done anything for us had we asked him. Instead, we used him..." Bsh sighed. "Paramix gave up everything for Midnight, even after they betrayed him and Vicksan. And Vicksan defended Mekaiel, even though they were friends... Even the girl, Sasima, left a happy life behind to be with her friend... And I was willing to send Vicksan to his suicide for my own life..."

After a while of silence, YYW pm'd Mekaiel. 'Sorry about all the spam. I'm sure they'll get to the point soon.'...'Mekaiel? Are you there?' There was no response. 'Mekaiel..?'

"A cave, 12 miles west, 2.3 miles south." Whiteflame burst into the conversation."A cave? How do you know?" Rev asked."Friends in high... high... places." Whiteflame replied. "You'll have to leave soon to find him.""I will... But... How do you know?""I told you. Friends." Whiteflame got up, "The guy I get most of my info from."..."I know Innomen. Hold on." Whiteflame spoke... "Crap. WC." He teleported away.

"Who's Innomen, and what does WC mean?" Rev asked."It means Wrong Chat." Bsh ignored the users name. He didn't know anyone named Innomen. "Well Rev. If He'd right, then Vicksans only an hour walk from here. Take supplies before you head out. And remember that anytime you need help, Kroengard will be open to you and all of your friends.""I will. Thank you Bsh. You always were Vicksan's closest friend, I felt." Rev smiled and ran off."Yea... I suppose I was..."

'You got those coordinates?' YYW pm'd him.---'Mekaiel?' YYW didn't get a response. 'Where are you?'---'Fine. Don't reply. I still have my mission to do...'